A Steam Deck update is now available for download, fixing numerous bugs and glitches, particularly the issue where games would stall when taking a screenshot. This problem affected users with large numbers of local screenshots (tens of thousands), causing lag during gameplay or cutscenes when attempting to take a screenshot. Fortunately, this issue has now been resolved, although Valve hasn’t detailed what was changed to prevent it from happening.

Another change includes the ability to adjust the brightness on child accounts, and a new “View in Library” option has been added to the context menu for games on the downloads page. There are plenty of general changes and fixes throughout, including a specific update to Steam Input. Joystick mode now respects sensitivity settings, and the issue where navigation menus would stop appearing after closing a game in Desktop mode has been fixed.

Here are all of the changes and additions that come with this small update:

General

• Fixed a stall in games after taking a screenshot for users with very large numbers of local screenshots (10’s of thousands)
• Fixed cases where repeatedly accessing the controller configurator in the overlay would leave extra instances of it in the backstack after exiting the game
• Allow child accounts to adjust the brightness of the screen
• Added “View In Library” to the context menu for games on the downloads page
• Clicking on the game image of the actively downloading item on the downloads page will now navigate to the game’s library page.
• Fixed a case where bluetooth devices would sometimes show as a generic device under Settings->Bluetooth instead of showing as their specific type (e.g. gamepad/headphones)
• Fixed a rare crash that could happen when scanning for WiFi devices under Settings->Internet

Desktop Mode

• Fixed a case where navigation menus stopped showing after closing a game

Steam Input

• Fixed a case where the title of the configuration in the summary screen would break after making an edit
• Fixed a case where inputs with multiple bindings would show up as \[object] \[object] after removing a binding
• Fixed SIAPI trigger bindings sometimes not working when bound to buttons
• Fixed Gyro as Joystick mode ignoring sensitivity settings

Source: Steam

You can download the update yourself from the System Settings on the Steam Deck. Just make sure your update channel is set to Beta or Preview.

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